Biology and therapeutic targeting of vascular endothelial growth factor A

L Pérez-Gutiérrez, N Ferrara - Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology, 2023 - nature.com
The formation of new blood vessels, called angiogenesis, is an essential pathophysiological
process in which several families of regulators have been implicated. Among these, vascular …

Vascular endothelial cell development and diversity

E Trimm, K Red-Horse - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2023 - nature.com
Vascular endothelial cells form the inner layer of blood vessels where they have a key role
in the development and maintenance of the functional circulatory system and provide …

Engineering the multiscale complexity of vascular networks

C O'Connor, E Brady, Y Zheng, E Moore… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
The survival of vertebrate organisms depends on highly regulated delivery of oxygen and
nutrients through vascular networks that pervade nearly all tissues in the body …

Understanding tumour endothelial cell heterogeneity and function from single-cell omics

Q Zeng, M Mousa, AS Nadukkandy, L Franssens… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Anti-angiogenic therapies (AATs) are used to treat different types of cancers. However, their
success is limited owing to insufficient efficacy and resistance. Recently, single-cell omics …

A census of the lung: CellCards from LungMAP

X Sun, AK Perl, R Li, SM Bell, E Sajti, VV Kalinichenko… - Developmental cell, 2022 - cell.com
The human lung plays vital roles in respiration, host defense, and basic physiology. Recent
technological advancements such as single-cell RNA sequencing and genetic lineage …

COVID-19 and the vasculature: current aspects and long-term consequences

B Martinez-Salazar, M Holwerda, C Stuedle… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) was first identified in
December 2019 as a novel respiratory pathogen and is the causative agent of Corona Virus …

Lung endothelial cells regulate pulmonary fibrosis through FOXF1/R-Ras signaling

F Bian, YW Lan, S Zhao, Z Deng, S Shukla… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pulmonary fibrosis results from dysregulated lung repair and involves multiple cell types.
The role of endothelial cells (EC) in lung fibrosis is poorly understood. Using single cell RNA …

Tissue resident iNKT17 cells facilitate cancer cell extravasation in liver metastasis via interleukin-22

AD Giannou, J Kempski, AM Shiri, J Lücke, T Zhang… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
During metastasis, cancer cells invade, intravasate, enter the circulation, extravasate, and
colonize target organs. Here, we examined the role of interleukin (IL)-22 in metastasis …

Single-cell profiling of vascular endothelial cells reveals progressive organ-specific vulnerabilities during obesity

O Bondareva, JR Rodríguez-Aguilera, F Oliveira… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Obesity promotes diverse pathologies, including atherosclerosis and dementia, which
frequently involve vascular defects and endothelial cell (EC) dysfunction. Each organ has …

Cellular and engineered organoids for cardiovascular models

D Thomas, S Choi, C Alamana, KK Parker… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
An ensemble of in vitro cardiac tissue models has been developed over the past several
decades to aid our understanding of complex cardiovascular disorders using a reductionist …